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Micro Ch 27 Vector borne infections

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HA, Fever, GI bleed, shock, death. Mid-zonal liver damage with acidophilic inclusion bodies. Dx?   Yellow Fever  
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African teen w/ F, HA, N/V, and rash. Gets better. 4 years later sick w/ rapid deterioration, shock, GI bleed and skin petechial hemorrhage   dengue fever w/ DHF/DSS  
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Fever, HA, rash, Vasculitis in skin, liver, CNS. Usual agent?   Rickettsiae, not Q-fever  
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American child, in July, bit by tick; F, severe HA, myalgia Dx/ what do you expect next?   RMSF; R. rickettsia; maculopapular rash; dog tick  
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October in Greece, F, HA, myalgia, then rash on palms and soles; Dx? Outcome/   R. conorii; dog tick; favorable  
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Brill-Zinsser disease. Caused by   Epidemic typhus; R. prowazekii  
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Slum in War torn South America, outbreak, no eshar, F, HA, 5 days later body rash spreading out, delirium and coma Dx?   R. prowazekii; Epidemic typhus; body louse  
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Less sever than epidemic typus   Endemic typhus; R. typhi; rat flea  
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Japan, eschar, F, HA x 5 days then macular rash. Dx? Transmitted?   O. tsutsugamushi; chiggers  
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Gram – spirochete, geimsa stain, F/C wax and wain every 5-7 days Dx? Tx? Transmission?   R. recurrentis; Tetracycline; Ticks  
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Erythema Migrans Dx? Tx? 3 latent Sxs?   B. burgdorferi in USA, garinii/afzelii in other parts; Doxy; neurological, cardiovascular, arthritis  
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BAKE a key LYME pie   Bell’s palsy, Arthritis, Kardiac block, Erythema migrans  
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Q fever Cause?   Coxiella burnetti  
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Trench Fever Cause?   Bartonella Quintana  
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Granulocytes with berry cluster of organisms   Erlichia chaffeensis  
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W. Africans lack this, gives resistance to P. vivax   Duffy antigen  
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Most virulent Plasmodium.   falciparum  
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Plasmodium that can cause Nephrotic syndrome   P. malariae  
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Can leave “sleeping” hypnozoites in liver for up to 2 years to cause relapse   P. ovale and P. vivax  
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Plasmodium that can persist at low levels for decades and then cause Sxs from time to time   P. malariae  
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Renal failure due to acute tubular necrosis in a traveler to Africa Dx?   P. falciparum  
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3 contributors to plasmodium mortality   anemia, hypoglycemia, lactic acidosis  
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East? West? African Sleeping Sickness Causes?   T.b. rhodesiense & T.b. gamiense  
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Sleeping sickness with swollen chancre at site of bite WorE?   East T.b. rhodesiense  
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Winterbottom’s sign, what is it and DDX?   swollen lymph node on back of neck: T.b. rhodesiense or gambiense  
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Sleeping sickness Txs?   Rhodesiense: Suramin(IV) then CNS Melarsoprol; Gambiense: pentamidine/eflornithine then eflornithine/ Melarsoprol.  
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Chagas’ Disease Cause? Transmission?   T.cruzi; “kissing” bug; painless bite  
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Chagas’ Dxtic findings/Sxs?   Chagomas at bite, fever, immediate heart failure; megacolon, megaesophagus; weakening & dilation of the heart ventricles  
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Transmitted by sandfly   leishmania parasites  
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Leishmania infect what cells?   intracellular macrophages  
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Fever, weight loss x months, then hepato-splenomegaly   kala-azar; Visceral leishmaniasis  
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Treated kala-azar can result in   PKDL- post kala-azar dermal meishmaniasis.  
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3 New World leishmaniasis species   braziliensis, Mexicana, peruviana.  
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Bloody urine Dx? Tx? Visual findings and possibilities?   Schistosomiasis (haematobium) Priziquantel; bladder polyps, inflammation; malignant change  
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Portal hypertension with perisinusoidal granulomas, Symmers’ pipestem fibrosis Dx   Schistosomaisis  
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Swollen scrotum worsening over years, with lower limb involvement Dx? Tx?   Brugeria or Wuchereria; Albendazole  
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